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Pte. William James Porter

British Army 2nd. Btn. Middlesex Regiment

from:Epping, Essex

(d.18th Aug 1917)

William Porter enlisted with his two brothers at Stratford. He served with the Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion He was the second son of George and Annie. He worked at Cottis in Epping. He received serious injuries to his stomach and elbow from a shell and was operated on. He asked a nurse to write home for him and tell his family that he had been injured but he was recovering and would soon be back home. He died the morning of the 18th August 1917. He is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery in Belguim. Unfortunately I have no photo of him.



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